11 October 2018

18 September 2018

Law Firm ALTERNA’s attorney-at-law and partner Siret Siilbek provides a training on 20 September 2018 about liability in building work. The training is organised by ALTERNA’s good cooperation partner Addenda.

28 June 2018

Lately Law Firm ALTERNA’s attorney-at-law and partner Annika Vait wrote about a decision of the Supreme Court of Estonia that assessed the consideration of an employment contract to be entered into when the employee commences work, but when the employment contract is not in a written form yet.

19 June 2018

Law Firm ALTERNA’s attorney-at-law and partner Siret Siilbek is writing about claiming pay for performing owner supervision of construction work in cases where construction work is not completed within deadline and thus, the person performing owner supervision is involved with the object for a longer time than agreed.

29 May 2018

Riigihangete Treff 2018 takes place next week. It is the highlight event in the field of public procurement, with a focus on the issues that have arised after the new Public Procurement Act entered into force.

02 May 2018

Article in Accounting and Tax Information Portal (RMP), Law Firm ALTERNA’s attorney-at-law and partner Annika Vait wrote about the possibility and requirements of written proceedings in Labour Dispute Committee.

27 March 2018

The Accounting and Tax Information Portal published an article from Law Firm ALTERNA’s attorney-at-law and partner Annika Vait introducing a new Labour Dispute Resolution Act that entered into force in January 2018.

07 February 2018

Law Firm ALTERNA’s attorney-at-law and partner Annika Vait in cooperation with attorney-at-law Epp Lumiste composed an overview to CEE Legal Matters about positive aspects and downsides of the simplified entrepreneurial income taxation act.

19 December 2017

The management board of Estonian Bar Association named attorney-at-law Siret Siilbek a member of insolvency law committee, and attorney-at-law Annika Vait a member of business law committee for the next term of office.

26 September 2017

21 July 2017

Attorneys-at-law Annika Vait and Epp Lumiste wrote about a recent judgment of the Supreme Court which states that members of management board again have the possibility to register themselves as unemployed and receive unemployment insurance benefits.

26 April 2017

International law firms' evaluating publication Legal500 has once again recognised all ALTERNA’s main consulting fields as well as our attorneys. We have received the “Leading Firm”, “Leading Individual” as well as “Recommended Lawyer” rankings.

14 November 2016

Law Firm ALTERNA´s partner and attorney-at-law Siret Siilbek and co-author lawyer Helen Pajumaa wrote in September´s legal blog about the administrative body´s opportunities to require a building permit or notification regarding construction that does not contain in Building Code annexes.

14 November 2016

Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs has evolved changes to simplify the regulation of under-age working. ALTERNA´s attorney-at-law Annika Vait and lawyer Liisa Orav have given in the recent article of Äripäev, an overview about the main planned changes as well among others their explanations and comments to planned changes.

26 September 2016

On 12th of October 2016 Law Firm ALTERNA´s partner and attorney-at-law Annika Vait will be a lecturer in webseminar, where the legal, accounting and tax issues will be covered regarding agency agreement and commission agreement.

19 August 2016

On 15. September 2016 a training will take place in webinar online environment, where there debt management charges, overdue charges and bill payment deadlines will be handled. The training will be carried out by ALTERNA´s partner and attorney-at-law Annika Vait.

25 May 2016

On 2. June 2016 a traning will take place in Addenda webinar online environment, where there debt management charges, overdue charges and bill payment deadlines will be handled. The training will be carried out by ALTERNA´s partner and attorney-at-law Annika Vait.

25 May 2016

Law firm ALTERNA partner and attorney Annika Vait wrote in recent legal blog posts about business trip and wage payment conditions. ALTERNA partner and attorney Siret Siilbek wrote about copyrights and obligations of building owner.

15 March 2016

Law Firm ALTERNA´s partner and attorney-at-law Annika Vait wrote that also in case of fixed-term employment contract, it is possible to apply that the court or the Labour Dispute Committee would terminate the employment contract.

03 November 2015

On 20th of November 2015, construction management’s top event Ehituse Treff 2015 will be held, where among others ALTERNA’s partner and attorney-at-law Siret Siilbek will also give advice for construction companies.

05 October 2015

For the fourth year in a row Law Firm ALTERNA’s partner and attorney-at-law Siret Siilbek carries out a practical training about possible remedies in construction contracts in cooperation with Addenda.

24 August 2015

The print and online publication CEE Legal Matters (for and about lawyers interested and working in Europe's emerging legal markets) wrote about Alterna’s successful representation of Eventus Ehitus in litigation over public procurement proceedings relating the Pärnu Beach Stadium.

06 August 2015

ALTERNA’s attorney-at-law and partner Annika Vait, commented the question that arises in the extraordinary cancellation of the contract when nullity of a declaration of extraordinary cancellation is established.

29 June 2015

Based on recent Supreme Court decision, ALTERNA’s attorney-at-law and partner Annika Vait explained the principle of good faith in labour relations, pointing out that good faith principle might be a helpful legal instrument for reaching a fair solution.

04 June 2015

Led by ALTERNA’s head of litigation field, partner Siret Siilbek, Eventus Ehitus OÜ was successfully represented in the litigation over public procurement proceedings of Pärnu Beach Stadium. Finally the construction contract of Pärnu’s Beach Stadium was signed after 11 month of dispute.

21 April 2015

In addition to the international recognition in the field of business consulting and M&A, ALTERNA also received international law firms' evaluating publication Legal500's recognition in the field of intellectual property, IT and telecoms.

16 April 2015

Once again, one of the world's largest law firms’ evaluating publications Legal500 recognized our office in the field of business consulting and M&A. Also, both of our partners, Annika Vait and Siret Siilbek, acquired personal recognition.

27 March 2015

ALTERNA´s attorney-at-law and partner Siret Siilbek writes in the “Real Estate” extra of the March issue of the journal Director about the problems related to tick-lessees. Among other things, she says that although the problems related to tick-lessees caused a lot of debate some time ago, it did not lead to real changes at the legislative level.

10 February 2015

An international publication IFRL1000, The Guide to the World´s Leading Financial Law Firms, once again acknowledged Law Firm ALTERNA. The publication evaluates law firms in the field of financial and business consultancy. For ALTERNA this is the second year in a row being acknowledged by the publication.

25 November 2014

ALTERNA´s attorney-at-law and partner Annika Vait writes in the publication of Postimees, that in the light of the recent Supreme Court´s decision, there are many problems regarding the protection of rights of minority shareholders.

11 November 2014

ALTERNA´s partner Siret Siilbek writes in the business journal of Postimees online www.majandus24.postimees.ee about the Penal Code´s amendments and the changes in bankruptcy-related offenses, according to which from the next year, failure to submit a statement of bankruptcy on time, is no longer punishable.

11 June 2014

25 April 2014

The world's largest international law firms' evaluating publication, The Legal 500, has acknowledged ALTERNA for business consulting and its M&A department as well as the person leading the firm, ALTERNA's partner Annika Vait.

26 February 2014

It is now possible to register for the web seminar: “Amendments to the Law of Obligations Act: compensation for collection costs, higher penalty for late payment and shorter term of payment”, taking place on 13 February 2014.